Dorothy Perkins, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Dorothy Perkins brand began as H.P. Newman, a drapers, in 1909. The first Dorothy Perkins shop opened in 1919, specializing in women’s clothing. The Newcastle-undef-Lyme shop on Ironmarket opened ...
Barclays Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Barclays Bank can be traced all the way back to two goldsmiths in 1690, and is one of the oldest banks in the United Kingdom. It gained its modern name in 1736. This photograph shows the bank whilst it ...
The Bulls Head, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Bull’s Head, now (2024) the Old Bull’s Head, is a timber framed building on Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme and its core is thought to date to the early 17th century. Prior to being a public house ...
Playfair Shoe Shop, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This shop later became Easifit Footwear and then Shazoah's Ladies Footwear in 1983.
Henry White's Menswear, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Henry White’s started on the High Street in 1887, selling clothes, accessories, and fabrics. In 1904, Henry opened a second shop on Ironmarket for men’s clothing, shown here. Henry White’s stores were ...
Decor Supermarket, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the Decor supermarket, a decorating business that lasted about a decade before becoming King Decor Supermarket. In 1991, it became Big Deal Paints and Wallpapers then Lizzie Home Decor in 1995. ...
Knight’s Solicitors, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Knight’s Solicitors were founded in 1759 and were based on the Ironmarket until mid-1990s. The solicitors moved to bigger premises in the Brampton area of Newcastle-under-Lyme. At the time of writing ...
Cheddleton P.F. Football Club
Cheddleton Playing Fields Football Club, winners of the Leek Charity Shield, 1932-33 season.
St Andrew's Methodist Church, Cheddleton
Situated in Ostlers Lane, Cheddleton near the junction with Ox Pasture. This new chapel was opened in 1967 and replaced an earlier Methodist chapel.
Ashcombe Park, Cheddleton
There had been an Elizabethan mansion known as Botham Hall on the site of the current house, surrounded by a deer park. In the late 18th century the house was owned by the Debank family, but on the marriage ...
Shaffalong Mine, Cheddleton
Offices of the Westwood Manor Coal and Iron Co. Ltd. at the short-lived Shaffalong Mine at Cheddleton.
In 1904 James Meakin of Westwood Manor granted permission for boreholes to be dug to look for ...
Shaffalong Mine, Cheddleton
A view of the short-lived Shaffalong Mine at Cheddleton.
In 1904 James Meakin of Westwood Manor granted permission for boreholes to be dug to look for coal and iron on his land at Shaffalong, Westwood ...
Shaffalong Mine, Cheddleton
A view of the short-lived Shaffalong Mine at Cheddleton.
In 1904 James Meakin of Westwood Manor granted permission for boreholes to be dug to look for coal and iron on his land at Shaffalong, Westwood ...
Old stocks, Cheddelton
Stocks built into churchyard wall opposite the Black Lion, Cheddleton. They are believed to be old stone stocks and are set into the churchyard perimeter wall, opposite the Black Lion Inn. Since this ...
Main Road, Cheddleton
A view of the Main Road through Cheddleton looking north, near Babylon Bank. Although the houses on the near right, numbers 87 and 89 Cheadle Road, have been extended at the ends since this photograph ...
Women's Prison, Stafford Gaol
Male and female prisoners had always been kept separate, but due to overcrowding a new gaol for females was built in 1852. This allowed the Separate System to be introduced in which it was believed that ...
Cooking Kitchen, Stafford Gaol
Ovens and cooking equipment in the cooking kitchen. The kitchen block was built in the 1860s. This small building is now (2024) a workshop.
Governor's House and Gardens, Stafford Gaol
Major William Fulford and his family in the gardens of their living quarters. Major Fulford was governor of Stafford Gaol from 1849 until his death in 1886.
This is now (2024) the entrance to the prison ...